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>> absolutely. >> paterno's name will remain on the library at the school. he donated millions of his own money to help get it built. >>> 9news now has learned mayor vincent gray will be meeting privately with ward 5 democrats this week. they will be discussing his political future in the wake of the shadow campaign scandal. "the washington post" reports the 2010 gray campaign had a database with the names of nearly 6,000 public housing residents. they were targeted in get out the vote efforts. the post says the database appears to be an unauthorized use of private government information. in a statement mayor gray says such information wasn't needed because of his already established contacts in the public housing community. >>> a kings dominion roller coaster will be reopening soon but not until it undergoes some additional safety screenings. a guest riding the dominator roller coaster on friday was found unresponsive in the train station at the end of the ride. that person was transported to a nearby hospital and the ride was shut down for inspection. a pa
>> absolutely. >> paterno's name will remain on the library at the school. he donated millions of his own money to help get it built. >>> 9news now has learned mayor vincent gray will be meeting privately with ward 5 democrats this week. they will be discussing his political future in the wake of the shadow campaign scandal. "the washington post" reports the 2010 gray campaign had a database with the names of nearly 6,000 public housing residents. they were...
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the board says there was no timeline on whether or not to remove paterno's name or image from campus. >>> crews in british columbia are searching for four people believed to be buried after a huge landslide there, look at your screen someone was actually able to capture this landslide on video. amazing video. at least three homes were crushed. >>> also caught on camera a tornado ripping through a town in poland. that is huge. one person was killed trees were uprooted, buildings were damaged, power lines were of course down. >>> we are looking at possibility of storms today really pop up stuff. >> summer storms the normal. i think we could get more active weather. today it is going to be hot and humid, tomorrow and wednesday even hotter. get ready for the heat to ramp up again. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures in the 80s by 9:00 this morning. muggy out there, by noon. mostly sunny skies, temperatures topping out at low to midnights. we did see some showers and storms come through. cloudy skies out there as you are waking up. pretty steamy out there. in the mid-atlantic.
the board says there was no timeline on whether or not to remove paterno's name or image from campus. >>> crews in british columbia are searching for four people believed to be buried after a huge landslide there, look at your screen someone was actually able to capture this landslide on video. amazing video. at least three homes were crushed. >>> also caught on camera a tornado ripping through a town in poland. that is huge. one person was killed trees were uprooted,...
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and we're also going to hear from the son of joe paterno. >> how's the friday shaping up weather wise? anny hong in for howard has the answer straight ahead and tell us when we might hit 100 once again. >> but first a look at the top books in america this morning -- the first in the series has held the top spot since the end of april. >> it's called "gone girl" by flynn. following in fifth and sixth place are "mocking jay" and "catching fire" from the "hunger games" series by suzanne collins. ♪ + >>> mostly cloudy skies for this friday. only a slight chance for maybe a shower, a stray thunderstorm west of town out in the mountains. otherwise temperatures will get up into the mid 80s for this friday afternoon. >>> and if you're planning to head outside it's true. no delays southbound on i-270 at route 109. it's really like this all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take that. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 6:18. andrea and mike? >>> our time is 6:12. penn state alumni are staying loyal to their school. but shocked by a new report on
and we're also going to hear from the son of joe paterno. >> how's the friday shaping up weather wise? anny hong in for howard has the answer straight ahead and tell us when we might hit 100 once again. >> but first a look at the top books in america this morning -- the first in the series has held the top spot since the end of april. >> it's called "gone girl" by flynn. following in fifth and sixth place are "mocking jay" and "catching fire"...
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the school with $60 million in fines, slashed the number of scholarships and stripped late coach joe paterno of every single win in the last 14 years. his family blasted the decision. >>> the prime minister of turkey believes the rebels are close to winning the civil war in syria. turkey has received 40,000 refugees from syria. rebels began a major offensive monday in syria's largest city. >>> the massive drought is not having a spooky impact on pumpkins. farmers in the midwest say pumpkins actually do well in dry weather. it protects them from diseases so there should be a healthy harvest in october. >>> america has lost a true pioneer. dr. sally ride died monday at age 61. >> she was the first american woman in space. she made the historic voyage nearly 30 years ago. >> we have more on what the president called a national hero. >> reporter: sally ride traveled into space on the shuttle challenger in 1983. she was just 32 years old. ride returned to space on the same shuttle the following year. >> what was absolutely amazing to me was the feeling i had looking back at earth, the perspective
the school with $60 million in fines, slashed the number of scholarships and stripped late coach joe paterno of every single win in the last 14 years. his family blasted the decision. >>> the prime minister of turkey believes the rebels are close to winning the civil war in syria. turkey has received 40,000 refugees from syria. rebels began a major offensive monday in syria's largest city. >>> the massive drought is not having a spooky impact on pumpkins. farmers in the...
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the report is expected to shed light on how late head football coach joe paterno and other school officials handled reports of abuse on campus. sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse last month. he'll be sentenced later this year. >>> 6:35 now. power companies in our region are reviewing their responses to last month's historic storm. potomac edison had more than 65,000 customers without power at one point. the president of the company's maryland operations spoke with us yesterday about what the company is doing now moving forward. >> there's always lessons we're going to learn from this as we can now start to debrief the event, but, you know, again, i think the employees and the linemen and out of contractors and linemen did a great job under very difficult conditions. >> the washington council of governments is now going to investigate the 911 outage that followed last month's storm. people across northern virginia could not access the emergency line in the hours after the storm hit. the main problem was when a verizon facility in arlington lost power that knocked out the
the report is expected to shed light on how late head football coach joe paterno and other school officials handled reports of abuse on campus. sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse last month. he'll be sentenced later this year. >>> 6:35 now. power companies in our region are reviewing their responses to last month's historic storm. potomac edison had more than 65,000 customers without power at one point. the president of the company's maryland operations spoke with...
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tickets will be renamed from pa attorney knowville -- pa stern noelville to -- pa stern knowville to -- paterno ville to nittyville. >>> dpriefers are being asked to a-- drivers are being asked to avoid baltimore's inner harbor because of a water main break. this is along light street. it could take days before those roads are back to normal. >>> now it's time for a health alert. a government crackdown on obesity may be working. a report out tuesday finds new york city's ban on trans fats in restaurants is helping people eat better. there's a similar ban in montgomery county. new york's ban hit thousands of restaurants back in 2006. since then the amount of trans fats people ate at lunch dropped 2.4 grams. the biggest drop happened at places serving hamburgers, mexican food, and fried chicken. >> i love hamburgers. >> me, too. >>> 6:12 now. how much sleep did you get last night? what about the night before? >> not enough. but a new study finds women who aren't getting the right amount of sleep every night could have lower cognitive function and that could lead to alzheimer's. >> as randall pink
tickets will be renamed from pa attorney knowville -- pa stern noelville to -- pa stern knowville to -- paterno ville to nittyville. >>> dpriefers are being asked to a-- drivers are being asked to avoid baltimore's inner harbor because of a water main break. this is along light street. it could take days before those roads are back to normal. >>> now it's time for a health alert. a government crackdown on obesity may be working. a report out tuesday finds new york city's ban...